[Day: Sunday, June 19th. Time: 5:00 p.m.] [A short while ago, you played DW4 and had lots of fun! But you missed the HP +10 item ;_;. Then you wound up in the appartment of two college students and saw that something was happening at the First Emperor's tomb. So back there you go!] [You've just headed into the tomb.] [So far, nothing looks different.] [Session Start!] * Maria heads in! And glances around. * Chie draws her sword and looks around. "Okay, guys, keep your eyes peeled, and watch your backs." ... my head no rotate that far. Very funny, Laz. * Chomei heads in! He glances around... (Any guards/police officers/innocents in here?) ( Don't worry, Laz. We'll get the next Kabbalist to cut it off and reattach it facing backwards. ) * Lazar grins, and slips on his demon bracers. Just in case. * Makoto spins a yo-yo idly and follows Chie. "Yeah, yeah. Back watched." The doppelganger walks in a peculiar step, sometimes going backward and sometimes sideways and sometimes in an ordinary fashion. He spins his yo-yo and rarely ever takes his eyes off the passage behind the group. * Chie snerks. "Thanks, Makoto. I think." Let me take lead... if anything come at us, better it hit me than squishy little ones, no? Works for me. I'm not objectin'. ( Are there any 'normal' people in here? Cops, guards, tourists? ) * Lazar nods, and takes point, making sure not to get too far ahead of the others. 'cause then he wouldn't be very good cover. [There's no normal people here. There's not even any abnormal people. Except you guys.] 2d6+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chomei (2d6+7) and gets 9, a CRITICAL SUCCESS!!! "That was close. One cycle later and you'd have fit nicely into a sandwich." ( ??? ) (Damn. I made it. :P) * Maria jumps up to the ceiling, thinking she'll be relatively safe up there. * Lazar eyes Maria, shrugs, and continues on. * Chomei spins around. "Who's there?" Huh? * Chie blinks and turns around. "What?" * Makoto looks over his shoulder at Chomei. "It's just me, Shorts." * Maria blinks and looks around for whoever Cho's talking to. It's not you Makoto. I actually heard something else... [Emerging from the shadows is the purple-haired woman you met way back at Gifu tower! "You noticed me? Wow."] Aww, shit. It *is* you. And here I was hoping I was wrong about that. * Maria frowns. So where's your partner in lame? (I made a hearing check! Happy day! ^_^) * Makoto blinks and looks over at the purple-haired woman. "Wrong about what?" * Lazar stops, and looks back... then heads back so that he's amongst the others. "What you want now?" The puppets, Makoto. Remember? From way back when? * Woman snaps her fingers, and four terracotta warriors emerge from behind her, taking the front. "I'm sorry, but you can't go any further." * Chomei puts his arm out and summons Rownal. "Who's gonna stop us?" * Woman smirks. Please. You think your little paper-mache puppets are gonna do it? This time, no is stupid evil floor to help you... * Chie glances over her shoulder briefly, just to make sure there isn't anything sneaking up behind them now. * Makoto nods vaguely and looks back at the woman. * Shigeru moves in front of the others. "She's trying to stall us." He gestures behind, towards the stairs. "You guys go on ahead. Rei, Peter, Eoi and I will handle her." * Chie blinks. "You sure about that, Mr. Ueda?" You sure you can handle? * Maria is about to object, and then remembers how Shig tossed Laz through the wall that one time. She scampers on ahead. Eoi: "It's nothing the Naginata couldn't handle." * Chomei glances back at Shigeru... "We don't have time to waste. Let's go." ( Good PCs :P ) * Chie laughs. "Right, right. Okay, Eoi-sensei. We've got it. And Rei? Be careful." * Makoto waves his free hand. "I believe in the naginata. Let's go." * Chomei starts heading down. * Chie heads after Chomei. * Lazar shrugs, and heads for the stairs. "No get beat up." Don't die you guys. I'm counting on that. [And so you rush on ahead! Zoom!] [You can hear the others fighting as you hurry towards the Emperor's tomb. And you reach the stairs down!] [You wind up in that hallway from before. It doesn't LOOK trapped...] Maria, check for traps. (Oh shit. Who's the leader now?) (I am.) (Why not? ^_^) (*laughs) * Maria checks for traps! * Makoto looks around the hallway. "Hey, this is pretty cool. I'm glad I got to come by and see it." 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6-2) and gets 2. It's nicer when there isn't stuff trying to kill you. Nothing's tried to kill me in here. Yet. I just love it when you guys are optimistic. See anything, Maria? ... no say that! ( One sec. o/` ) * Makoto sends his yo-yo on a merry spin. "Don't worry, guys. Anything tries to kill me, you'll still have time to ask it whether it's a good guy or a bad guy." * Lazar mutters. "Why no say 'Wow, I hope Dracula no show up' while you at it..." * Chie sighs. "Really, Makoto. We're not gonna let anything try to kill you. Have a little faith." It's still safe. Good. Let's keep going. * Maria has already gotten to the other side of the hall in her check, so she peeks inside the tomb room! * Chomei chuckles and continues going down the hall. * Lazar follows. "Hey, what we say about letting big stone guy take lead?" Right. ... Right. Take point Lazar. * Makoto hooks the yo-yo around the thumb and then the pinky of his 'free' hand before walking along behind everybody. * Chomei keeps near the back. Yay ranged weapons. :P Sorry, Laz. I'm just looking! [You reach the door. It doesn't LOOK trapped...] Check the door, too. * Lazar takes point, and walks up to the door... "Maria, want handle door, or should I?" And Makoto? How are things behind us? * Makoto scans the hallway as thoroughly as he can. Well... I see a lot of... * Chomei cracks his knuckles as he glances backwards. Lemme check it over. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Makoto (2d6) and gets 6. * Maria does so! 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6-2) and gets 6. * Maria shrugs. "It's safe." Stone. Ordinary, not-trying-to-kill-me stone. Like Mako said. Good. That, I can handle. Okay. It open, or it need special golem touch? * Maria tries to push the door open. * Chomei almost dozes off, then shakes his head as soon as he catches himself doing it. * Chie shakes her head. "Stay alert, Chomei, or I'll have Lazar do it for you." I'm just... tired is all. Let's keep going. In Transylvania, we stayed awake by punching each other in stomach. *biggrin* I think it's a great idea if you punch Chomei in the stomach, Lazar. The best I've heard all day, in fact. Sorry, but I think if you punched me in the stomach, it would make me fall asleep faster. Hey, after we're done here, you can have all the caffeine you want. And, no, Makoto. Awww, you never let me have any fun. * Lazar shakes a finger at Makoto. * Chie snerks. "Yeah, I'm just a big ol' killjoy. Need help with that door, Maria?" * Chomei glares at Makoto. * Maria giggles. [Maria succeeds. On the other side is the burial room of the tomb, just like before. Except that big glowing portal in the back wasn't there before. There's also six people there (pause for more!)] * Makoto grins cheekily at Lazar and Chomei. No, I got... a bad feeling. Yeah, 's what I got. [The first person you notice is everyone's favorite Russian leader, Dimitri! He's saying as you enter "...remember, we gave you that replica. Keep your end of the bargain." The second person you notice is the person he's speaking to: Virgil. He's heading through the portal, carrying what looks like the Rosetta stone you recovered from Katsu.] [The others, you don't recognize from before. The first one is a young, and rather handsome man. His hair's tied into a single long pony tail at his neck, and he's dressed in traditional deep purple Chinese clothes. He has a sword at his side, and is carrying a spear.] [The second is probably not even human. He's a hunchback with soul-less eyes and a mechanical jaw that makes his mouth extra large (and of course, his teeth are nice and pointy). He also has natural claws.] [The last one is a woman looking like she came out of a bad anime. She's wearing a black leotard and a cape with a large collar, knee-high boots. Her hair is long and black. And there's something veeery slightly familiar about her.] ( Gimme mind rolls, +3! ) 2d6+3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Makoto (2d6+3) and gets 12. 2d6+3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6+3) and gets 10. * Maria facefaults. 2d6+3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chomei (2d6+3) and gets 10. 2d6+3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (2d6+3) and gets 11. 2d6+3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6+3) and gets 15, a CRITICAL FAILURE!!! "You always hurt the ones you love. I love you very much." ( I think that's a 'no'. If you intended for any of us to survive this, Brett, your plan is screwed. ;P ) ( Well, Peter could always come and save the die! .. I'm lying, Peter can't do anything. ) [The last is that guy on page 130 of the book.] ( Ah fuck. ) ( Sorry. I forgot him ^^ ) (Heh.) (BESM 2e non-revised?) ( Yah ) ( The guy with the sword that looks like an axe, or something. ) (You mean the buster axe? :P) * Lazar makes a shush motion, motions for the others to step a bit into the room, and for Chomei to SHOOT SOMEONE. (Oh, that's a great idea.) * Chomei assumes his shooting stance and trains on Dimitri. ( Maybe we should roll init ) d6+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (d6+7) and gets 13. d6+8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chomei (d6+8) and gets 9. d6+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Makoto (d6+7) and gets 12. d6+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (d6+7) and gets 8. d6+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (d6+7) and gets 9. (Join me in low-init land!) ( Holy moly c.c ) ( Dicesuke freaking hates you guys. ) ( He likes me okay, anyway. ) (He loves Laz. He must really hate people whose names contain the letters c, h, i and e.) (And he's not too fond of m, a and r either.) (Actually, this is probably payback for me almost never missing a shot.) ( Yes he is. I rolled well. ) ( And my name has M and A in it. ) (True. But the k, o and t probably balance it out somehow. Perhaps I should be going by Chieko now.) ( Chiekoto! ) (Oh dear lord NO. ;p) (No. No no no.) ( Chiekomei! ) [Order: Lazar, Dimitri, Makoto, Guy wit the claws, Woman, Chomei, Maria, Chinese guy, Chie, Guy from p. 130] ( Chiekotomei! ) ( Chiekotomeizar! ) [Lazar's turn!] (Fusion gone horribly, *HORRIBLY* wrong.) ( I like it. ) ( It'll take one round to get there and attack, unless you have speed ) ( I should remind that a few of you are injured and/or drained from energy, because the past few sessions have all been on the same day. ) * Lazar shrugs, and charges, trying to keep himself at such an angle that anyone running down would have to go by him to get to the others. (Go huge rock guy!) [Dimitri turns around. It's about now that he notices you. "Vell vell..."] [Makoto's turn!] * Makoto looks straight at Dimitri when he turns away from the hallway. His dark eyes narrow suspiciously and he watches the big man. In a matter of moments, his skin appears to slough off like so much water, until he looks exactly like the massive Russian--except with a yo-yo instead of a tonfa. "Vell vell, indeed..." d5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Brett (d5) and gets 4. [The guy with the claws darts forward at impressive speed, leaping over Lazar and coming down on Makoto, who needs a defense roll!] 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Makoto (2d6) and gets 5. [Makoto dodges to the side, and the thing's claws rake the ground where he was standing.] * Makoto is now known as Makitri [The woman rushes forwards to meet Lazar, cape flowing behind. She draws a katana as she nears.] [Chomei's turn!] * Chomei shakes his head fires a energy bolt at Dimitri. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chomei (2d6-3) and gets 5. [Chomei shoots Dimitri in the shoulder. He grimaces a bit.] [Maria's turn!] * Maria leaps across the room, aiming a flying kick at Dimitri's ugly Russian head! 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6-4) and gets 6. (Yeah, we really like Dimitri. Can you feel the love? :P) [Dimitri catches Maria's foot on his tonfa!] * Maria scowls. [The Chinese guy wields his spear and runs across the room.] [Chie's turn!] (Okay, where are the enemies relative to me?) ( The clawguy is right next to you. The woman is in front of Lazar. The Chinese guy is running at an angle to get past Lazar, Dimitri and the other guy are alllll the way across the room. ) * Chie swings at the clawed guy, wincing a little as she realizes she's still feeling sore from the hits she took in the game. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (2d6-3) and gets 3. [Chie cuts him across the arm. He roars something that doesn't quite sound human.] Ohhh, this is *not* good. Fuckin' Demi's... [130 (that's what I'm calling him from now on, since he's on p 130) points his sword-axe thing at Chomei. It fires a blast of lightning.] 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chomei (2d6-2) and gets 4. [Chomei dodges out of the way as the blast impacts behind him!] [Lazar's turn! Gimme a mind roll +2, Lazar!] 2d6+2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6+2) and gets 6. * Lazar continues his charge, trying to scoop up the katana lady in stride with a shoulderblock and then pancake her HARD against the side of the ziggaurat. (Golem Rage) 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6-3) and gets 2. [Lazar succeeds in the pancaking.] [Dimitri swings his tonfa at Maria.] ( Wait. What kinda condition is the katana lady in? ) ( Surprisingly, not as hurt as you might thing from being crushed by a big slab of rock ) 2 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2 2d6-4) and gets -1 -2. (Maria Kicks ass) (One of those is a crit-success.) [Maria weaves out of the way of the first attack, and manages to disarm Dimitri as he throws the second, leaving him with one tonfa.] [Makoto's turn!] * Makitri whips his yo-yo irritably at the beastie before him, almost as if the thing is merely keeping him from more important targets. ( Called shot to da neck. Unless it doesn't have one. ) ( Mmm.... It sort of does, but it doesn't look like you'll be able to choke it. ) ( Wisdom of the ancients: Never get in a fight with a man with no neck. ) ( Then for the legs to trip. ) 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Makitri (2d6-3) and gets 6. [Makoto wraps his yoyo around the beast's legs and trips it.] Out of my vay, fool. [The he's not to happy about this, and swipes at Makoto's knees from his ground position. Gimme a def roll, Makoto! -1 bonus] 2d6-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Makitri (2d6-1) and gets 2. [Makoto also manages to avoid the follow-up attack.] [Meanwhile, the woman uses her legs to kick Lazar off her, and she must've done it just right, because he goes flying through the air and leaves a small crater on the floor when he lands.] [Chomei's turn!] ( ... she critted? ) ( Yup ) * Chomei aims at Dimitri's head, not intending to take any prisoners. He lets loose an energy bolt. (Called shot) 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chomei (2d6-2) and gets 0, a CRITICAL SUCCESS!!! "A WINNER IS YOU!" (Um...) (O.O) ( Well. ) ( Yay! ) [Dimitri howls in rage and pain as the bolt goes through his right eye. He's still up, but he sure doesn't look too healthy.] (No prisoners. No kidding.) (He's going to have an eyepatch!) ( Yarr! ) (It'll make him look even more evil!) [Maria's turn!] ( Hey, I no mangle this one! I swear! ) * Maria brings her foot around to kick at the other side of Dimitri's head, hoping that he'll go down fast now. (Called shot, of course.) 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6-4) and gets 6. [Dimitri's evidently still capable of fighting, because he brings his tonfa around to block Maria's leg.] [Meanwhile, the Chinese guy runs up to Chie and leaps, bringing his spear down overhead at her! ""] 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (2d6-2) and gets 8. * Chie is distracted. "" [Chie is caught off guard and gets cut along her shoulder.] [And the guy from the book runs over to Maria and slices. Gimme a defense roll, Maria.] * Chie hisses. 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6-4) and gets 7. ( ...I hate swords. -_- ) [Maria gets slashed along her side, opening a large gash.] [Now, Chie's turn] * Maria muffles a scream and her face scrunches up in pain. [The Chinese man poses: spear held back, palm stretched out. ""] * Chie swings back at the Chinese guy. "" 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (2d6-3) and gets 4. [Chie cuts the guy's arm! He hisses. "You cannot be of the Wei school!"] [Lazar's turn!] "" ( "Can so!" "Can not!" "Can so!" ) "" * Lazar gets, looking Not Happy. "You stronger than you look... so am I." *charges at her with an uppercut* 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6-3) and gets 9, a CRITICAL FAILURE!!! "Maybe you should consider sacrificing some barnyard animals?" (...) ( Oh c'mon... a crit hit against me, then a crit fail? ) (Is there an award for the session with the most crits in it?) (If there is, we're getting there.) ( If there is, we've already won it many times. ) d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Brett (d6) and gets 4. [The woman weaves to the side as Lazar throws his punch, and draws her sword along his torso. The blade bites right through his stone skin.] ( *Eoi jumps in! "*I* trained her!" ) 2d6+2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6+2) and gets 5. [Dimitri, meanwhile, turns towards Chomei and roars in rage. The front of his tonfa opens, and the gatling gun within fires.] 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chomei (2d6-2) and gets 4. "" (I'm wonering how accurate he is when he's missing an eye. :P) ( Ask Togo. He was missing two. =P ) "" [Chomei manages to avoid the smattering of bullets that follow.] [Makoto's turn!] "" * Makitri jerks his yo-yo back to his hand and then, with a twist of his now- very-thick arm, sends the heavy portion of the weapon whirling back down at his fallen foe's head. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Makitri (2d6-3) and gets 2. [Makoto slams the yo-yo into the creature's head, but it doesn't pay much heed to this. It continues to try to claw at his legs, but its reach is too short.] [Meanwhile, the woman strikes at Lazar. Gimme a def roll, Lazar!] 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6-2) and gets 8. [Lazar takes another nasty cut to his back.] [Chomei's turn!] * Chomei shoots again at Dimitri. "Why won't you just go down?!" 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chomei (2d6-3) and gets 6. [Chomei puts another bolt in Dimitri's stomach, and yet he's still going!] [Maria's turn!] * Maria kicks at Dimitri again! She doesn't care where, this time. 2d6-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6-5) and gets 5. [Maria kicks Dimitri's chest. He takes the full brunt of the attack and yet still manages to keep going.] [The Chinese guy seems to have lost interest in fighting. ""] [Chie's turn] "" "" "" * Chie gives him her most winning smile. 2d6-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (2d6-1) and gets 6. [The man turns around and levels his spear at the others. ""] ( Go, Chie! ) ( YAY! It worked! Rock on, Chie! ) ( w00t ) (Woot!) [Meanwhile, 130 slashes at Maria again! Gimme a def roll, Maria!] (We can always use more allies! XD) ( o/~ Chie has a new boyfriend! o/~ ) ( ... Right.) "" * Chie grins. ( YOU EEEEEEEEEEEEDIOT! ) * Chomei has ignored the conversation, either out of spite, training, or just plain bad hearing. ( You didn't give her enough tongue, Shorts. She went looking for action elsewhere. Better luck next time! ) ( HAR. Now we just need a Xu Stimpy. ) * Ren is more attractive than Chomei ^_- * Chomei doesn't give a shit. 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6-4) and gets 3. [Maria manages to avoid getting slashed again. Good thing, too, 'cause that hurts!] [Lazar's turn!] ( NPC's are always more attractive. ;_;) ( Because PCs don't buy appearance :P ) * Lazar scowls. "Of course one fight I go into injured is one where I getting ass kicked..." [Makoto is more attractive than Chomei, too!] (Does this surprise ANYONE?) ( And that's in his normal form :P ) * Lazar tried to shove the woman back against the ziggaurat, then close in with a clubbing right-left to the body, followed my a vicious right cross. (Golem Rage) 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6-3) and gets 7. ( * Makoto chortles. ) I'll be with ya in a second, Laz! [The woman weaves away from the clubbing, and slides by the cross.] ( Jesus fucking christ... ) (She's ninja.) [Dimitri finds enough energy to swing his tonfa at Maria again. Defend, Maria!] 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6-4) and gets 6. [Maria takes a clubbing to her ribs, and is feeling much worse for wear.] [Makoto's turn!] * Maria winces. * Makitri sneers and lashes out at the clawed brute's skull once again. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Makitri (2d6-3) and gets 2. ( I vill bash your head in! ) (Da.) [Makoto crushes it. Goo comes out his nose and ears. Eew.] [The woman slashes at Lazar again!] * Makitri smirks in a distressingly satisfied way and looks away from the shattered opponent for more. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6-2) and gets 4. ( Remaining opponents are the slightly injured woman, practically dead Dimitri, and totally untouched 130 ) 2d6+2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6+2) and gets 11. ( SLIGHTLY INJURED?! I pancaked her against a ziggaurat! o_O ) [Lazar manages to back out of the way of the woman's attack.] (He has no name! He can't possibly be important!) [Chomei's turn!] * Chomei takes aim at the woman now, trying to disarm her. Yeah, Dimtri was a bitch, and now it's time to share the love! (Called Shot) 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chomei (2d6-2) and gets 4. [Chomei shoots the blade of her sword. She manages to keep hold of it, but is taken off balance.] [Maria's turn!] * Maria bares her teeth. "Fall down already, damn you!" She lashes out at Dimitri with a flurry of kicks and punches, although she likely won't hit with any, if Dice has anything to say about it. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6-2) and gets 8. [Maria fails to kill Dimitri.] * Ren runs forwards, towards Lazar and the woman. He slashes at her, but she parries his spear. [Chie's turn] ( She wan't trying, but okay. c.c; ) [Maria fails to hit Dimitri] (She wasn't trying. Chomei was trying.) (I think Cho cut Dimitri's lifespan down by a lot there...) * Chie stays back and whispers a few words. Her sword begins glowing with a silver light. She turns and fires at the woman. "Spirit Stream!" The light streams towards her and... 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (2d6) and gets 7. [Chie grazes the woman's leg with her attack.] [130 takes another slice at Maria. Gimme a def roll, Maria!] 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6-4) and gets 3. [Maria manages to avoid the attack, which is a very good thing for her.] [Lazar's turn!] * Lazar is really starting to look pissed off now, rears back, and throws a double-punch right at the woman's face. (Called Shot) 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6-2) and gets 5. [Lazar hits her so far she flies backwards head over heals, but she twists and lands in a crouch.] * Lazar scowls. "Very much tougher than you look..." 2d6+2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6+2) and gets 9. [Dimitri turns his attention to Chomei, who seems to have forgotten him, and lets loose another volley.] 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chomei (2d6-2) and gets 8. [Most of the bullets strike the wall nearby Chomei, but two of them hit.] [Makoto's turn] * Chomei mearly winces when the bullets imbed themselves. Think he's gotten hit with this kinda stuff before? Chomei! You okay? Yeah... I should be fine. Just kick that guy's ass for me, will ya? Definitely. * Makitri looks at the real Dimitri and makes a tiny hop as if to charge the man; after the briefest flicker of hesitation, though, he turns his lumbering rush toward the woman, who's much closer to him. He whips his oversized yo-yo at the woman's legs. Hey, it worked on the other guy... 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Makitri (2d6-3) and gets 3. [It works for the woman, too, 'cause down she goes.] [She very quickly goes about untying herself, though, and is up in no time.] [Chomei's turn] * Chomei aims at Dimitri again. "Fine, you want to die? See you in hell." * Chomei shoots at Dimitri. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chomei (2d6-3) and gets 5. [Chomei shoots him in the chest. He spreads his arms and finally falls over backwards.] [Maria's turn!] * Chie turns to Chomei. "I think you're perfectly capable of doing your own ass- kicking, actually." Finally! * Maria turns her attention to the punk with the glowing sword, which she kicks at in an effort to disarm said punk. 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6-4) and gets 2. * Chomei chuckles and winces. "You're probably right." [Maria sends the sword flying out of his hands.] ( ...I succeeded? I succeeded! ) * Ren meanwhile stabs the woman through the leg. [Chie's turn!] * Chie whispers again; her sword starts glowing, and she swings it at the woman. "Spirit Stream!" The energy flies towards her, and... 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (2d6) and gets 5. [Chie blasts the woman again! She's beginning to look much weaker.] [And 130 throws a punch at Maria. Defend, Maria!] 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6-3) and gets 3. [Maria blocks his punch expertly.] (Nobody remembers 130!) [Lazar's turn!] * Lazar charges the woman yet again, this time with a right hook-left cross- right uppercut combo. "Will you please go to sleep now?!" (Golem Rage) 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6-3) and gets 9, a CRITICAL FAILURE!!! "Sorry, I don't take bribes. No, not even chocolate. No, not kinky sex acts, either." ( ... ) ( @_@ ) ( @_@ ) ( That's the THIRD crit against me tonight! ) ( *trip* *thud* *thud* *thud* "I didn't know rocks could bounce like that." ) (Lazar is the new Shingo...) (This is the night of a thousand crits, apparently.) (Good or bad, it's a crit.) [Before Laz can act, the woman quickly slashes him, leaving him feeling incredibly weak.] [Makoto!] * Lazar falls to one knee. "Dammit dammit dammit..." Laz? * Makitri lashes out yet again, this time at the woman's unprotected head. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Makitri (2d6-3) and gets 5. [Makoto's yo-yo collides with her unprotected head. Not like she's protected anywhere else, either. She looks very weak, but is still going.] [And she evidently didn't like being hit in the head, because she slashes at Makoto in retribution.] 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Makitri (2d6) and gets 7. [Makoto takes a nasty slice to his leg.] [Chomei's turn] * Chomei takes a shot at the woman. Geeze, people don't fall down these days... * Makitri lets out a quiet grunt and hisses as he inhales through his gritted teeth. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chomei (2d6-3) and gets 3. Makoto! Dammit. [Chomei shoots the woman in the shoulder, leaving her looking very weak.] [Maria's turn!] * Maria kicks for 130's face! 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6-4) and gets 3. [Maria kicks him right in the face. Ouch!] * Ren slashes at the woman with his spear, drawing a small cut across her stomach. [Chie's turn!] (... How do you slash with a spear?) ( Like Ma Chao and Zhao Yun ^^ ) ( I had to pick a fight with the woman that has 500 hit points. =P ) ( Carefully. ) (Ma Chao kicks ass!) ( Laz> Either that or 30 points of armor. ;) ) * Chie lets out a breath. She's starting to feel pretty tired now. This time, she runs over to the woman and slashes at her. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (2d6-3) and gets 5. ( You rake the point in an arc. It's certainly possible, but it's not very effective if your opponent has armor of any kind. Don't know how easy or difficult it is to block. Probably easier than thrusting, since the weapon passes through more space in a slash. ) [Chie finishes her off. She falls over and doesn't get up.] * Chie sighs, and nearly staggers forward, because she is tired and sore. "Whew. Laz, are you all right?" ( You use it like a quarter staff, basically ) [130 punches at Maria again!] Chie! Don't let your guard down! 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Maria (2d6-4) and gets 2. Yeah, yeah, I know. [Nope, doesn't hit.] [Lazar's turn!] * Lazar pushes himself to his feet with an obviously large amount of difficulty, staggers over to 130, and puts just about everything he has left into a straight punch. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lazar (2d6-3) and gets 2. [Lazar punches him squarely in the stomach.] [Makoto's turn!] * Makitri hurries, limping slightly, toward the remaining foe and swipes at his head with his heavy combat yo-yo. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Makitri (2d6-3) and gets 5. [Makoto clunks him in the head!] [Chomei's turn!] * Chomei shoots for the guy's head! 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Chomei (2d6-2) and gets 4. [Chomei shoots him in the head. He starts dribbling red. He falls over dead. That's all that needs to be said.] * Lazar sighs. "Finally." *keels over face first onto the ground* * Chie starts to lean against something, then sees Lazar collapse. "Laz!" * Chie makes her way over to him as quickly as possible, which, considering that she's hurt and drained, is probably not all that fast. * Chomei relaxes his stance and winces. "Yeah..." He smirks as he looks back at the beastie that Makoto clocked earlier. * Makitri drops his assumed body instantly. Dimitri's face and body melt off of him in moments until only Makoto remains. The doppelganger snaps his yo-yo to his hand and stuffs it into one of his pockets. "I'd like to know," he says, panting ever so slightly, "what the hell Dimitri was doing he--Lazar?" * Maria sits down, then gets back up when she sees Laz fall. "Laz! You okay?" Does anyone know first aid for a golem? ( Try CPR! ) Uhm... do we have any quick-dry concrete? * Lazar is still moving, but it's more twitching than moving. "I alive. Barely. Feel like had all statues out there dropped on me one at time." (CPR always works! Don't you watch the movies?) * Chomei tries to discern what the hell the thing with the claws was... [A thing. With claws] Tired, though... so tired. Could barely keep self standing... * Chie half-smiles. "Yeah. Rest up, then. You've earned it." * Chie looks over at the other guys. "Chomei? Makoto? Are you guys okay?" ( A hunchback with soulless eyes, a metal lower jaw, and claws ) Yeah, I'm... I've had worse. I'm going to need to rest up after this, though. ... no have choice. No think I can even turn over right now... others okay? * Ren doesn't say much of anything. What would he say? (Oh, so THAT's what it was. Okay.) * Chomei unsummons Rownal. "Chie, can you trust that guy? He tried to kill you." * Maria sits back down again. "Man, that sucked." She blinks and looks back at the tomb. Is the portal still open? * Rei comes flying in, the others not far behind. "Hi guys that was really insane we oh my God!" She backs up, almost into the wall, her face paling considerably at the sight of the corpses. He isn't now. I want to know what he was doing with those guys. [The portal is still open, quite.] * Chie turns to Ren. "" * Makitri nods, fishing around in his pocket for another, plainer yo-yo. This he unravels and ties clumsily around his leg, making a sort of crude tourniquet for his cut. "Fine, fine. Just need answers, and this doppelganger will be all grins and kisses. How about the rest of you? Us? Whoever we are?" [But it doesn't look like it'll be open forever] "" ...crap. We don't gotta follow 'em, do we? * Chie looks up and waves weakly at Rei. "Hey, Rei. We're alive. You got any bandages?" * Chomei nods. "Did you guys discover what the hell that portal is?" * Peter comes running in after Rei, followed by Eoi. * Lazar wiggles a finger at the people running it. 'Cause today's already sucked enough. Without, y'know, followin' 'em in there. * Chomei walks up to the Altar. "We're in no condition to go in there. Espically if it's hostile in there." We no following them unless all you find way to carry me. * Makitri tilts his head and looks at Rei as she enters. "Oh, hey cutie. Professor. Eoi-sensei. You guys missed a lot of killing. We got Dimitri, and since he appears to still be Dimitri, I guess my concern that he was a shapeshifter was unfounded." ( Dimitri *is* still Dimitri, isn't he? ) * Shigeru comes walking in, last of all. He doesn't change expression much at the sight of the dead bodies. "Oh?" Interesting.. [He looks like Dimitri.] * Lazar continues to lie face down on the ground. He's obviously going nowhere fast. * Chomei walks up to Dimitri. The Russian's very dead, correct? ( Hell yah ) * Chie is sitting on the floor, sword resting by her side, nice bleeding wound on her shoulder. She's attempting to keep one eye on Ren and the other on Lazar. As a result, she's looks like she's about to go cross-eyed. * Ren looks to Chie. "" ... someone please make sure woman what beat crap out of me no wake up? "" * Chomei holds his head and takes a seat. "Man, that just... Ow." * Maria is sitting next to Lazar. She's bleeding, too, and looks like she's had about all the fun she could stand for today. ( All the new people, gimme a mind roll +2! ) 2d6+2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Shigeru (2d6+2) and gets 12. * Makitri limps over to Lazar, calling out to the new people over his shoulder. "Rei, I need some spackle, stat!" (That's horrible. :P) 2d6+2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Rei (2d6+2) and gets 5. (But I win!) ... I kid about spackle, Makoto. No help. But I left it in my other- eew. Oh. Eew? * Shigeru stares into the distance for a brief moment, then scowls. [Lazar looks like he's missing a good number of chucks of his body.] * Eoi looks over the group. "You people make quite a mess, don't you?" Well how am I supposed to fix you up, big guy? ... Right. * Rei points at all the corpses, trying not to look as ill as she's feeling and failing miserably. "Yeah." How did the other guys go? Oh! Almost forgot. They had a fake Rosetta Stone, which somehow works like the real Rosetta Stone. And- and- Ahh. Yeah, I guess eww is right. Sorry about the mess. And they used it to go thataway. * Rei stares at the woman. "Damnit!" Time. Magiks heal me. Until then... I look like broken statue. * Maria points at the open portal. What's the other side look like, anyway? Dad, look at that! And they went through that glowing thingy, which means we should probably follow them, but we're really not in much condition to go anywhere. Especially Lazar. * Rei pointpointpoints. "Look!" ...huh? Mm? What are we looking at now? * Chie blinks. "What?" * Shigeru looks over to Rei. "Hrm?" He blinks, then walks over to the woman. [The portal looks like a swirly vortex!] * Maria tries to see what's got Rei so worked up. * Lazar mutters something in Hungarian. (Anyone who can speak Hungarian and wants to, ask me in msg what Lazar said.) * Chomei looks up. "What the heck is going on now?" * Shigeru crouches next to the corpse and scowls. "Ambition." WHAT?! * Peter looks at Shigeru. "What?" No way. No fucking way. That's impossible! You mean the sword? She was carrying Ambition. * Eoi eyes Shigeru. "Aw man." ...whaddaboudit? ...wait, sword ambition? Shit! How did THAT thing get HERE?! * Shigeru straightens, looks at Makoto, and nods. "Eoi, I think we're taking care of cleanup this time." Ambition? What the fuck?! ... no wonder she kick my ass. Ow. Dammit. ...or maybe that's what he meant when he talked about the replica? Laz, didn't those Interpol guys take care of that... thing? * Chie practically spits. * Maria checks her pockets for the Rosetta Stone, on sudden impulse. Yes. Supposed to. Stinking wrinkled whore mothers... .. This isn't good. Unless of course they weren't *really* Interpol guys. They might not have taken you seriously. [Maria finds it, then] Dumbasses... Not like that would be a surprise, either. Fuck. Idiots. * Maria breathes a sigh of relief, but doesn't pull the stone out, for Rei's benefit. * Rei stays far, far away from the sword. And the corpses. And just about everything. Can someone please do something to sword before it gets me beat like government mule a third time? Eoi-sensei? Exorcism? Now? I'll help... Great. I guess we're gonna have to take care of this ourselves, huh? * Eoi nods and begins trying an exorcism. (Chie-kachu! Exorcism attack, now!) * Ren just stands idly by. o/~ * Chie joins in. * Chomei gets up and observes... (Thoughts from everyone, please. Just one.) I can drag it around if we need to move it. I have no end of ropes, cords, twine.. ~ I hope this works.. ~ ~ This isn't gonna work. ~ * Maria harumphs, almost. "This'd better work." * Chie concentrates very, very hard and chants with Eoi. * Chomei shrugs. ~ This might work... ~ ~ I fucking hate that sword. Just toss it in a volcano or something. ~ (We tried that!) ~Please, *please* let this work... Please!~ (A volcano in Hell!) (Did it's name begin with Mount, and end with Doom? XD) ( Yes, actually. ) (Yes. And it was in Moredark.) (Which got darker the further you got in.) ( Maybe we should've turned it into a ring first. ) * Maria has other thoughts, but they mostly center around a desire for food and sleep. * Chie stops. "There's nothing there *to* exorcise. It's not working." * Lazar tries to push himself up so he can see what's going on, but fails miserably after getting himself a few inches off the ground and lands back down with a *THUD*. Chie is right. ... can it be broken if hit hard enough? * Shigeru sighs. He looks over at Ren, then asks in Chinese, "" I think it's the sword itself, not somethin' in the sword. ( I really need to sleep soon, guys... ) I don't think you want to touch it at *all*, Laz. The sword itself? Yes, but if break sword... that no help? * Chomei shakes his head. "You want me to try and break it?" No! Don't get near that thing! * Rei blinks. "How would that work? Just a cursed sword? I mean, can you even break it?" "" * Chomei smirks. "I don't have touch the thing to break it. You should know that." * Shigeru frowns slightly, vaguely familiar with something, but he can't quite put his finger on it. "" Well, I could smack it with my Naginata. What I saying is... give me time to heal. Carry sword in box or safe or something. I smash repeatedly with big rock, or sledgehammer, or something. That works wonders. It doesn't matter! I don't want any of you guys near it! We could drag it out with a rope and attack it with construction equipment? ... well, for time being, that no problem for me. *chuckles softly* ... this suck. ( Eoi, gimme a mind roll at +4 ) 2d6+4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Shigeru (2d6+4) and gets 7. Nope (Wow. I made it. @_@) 2d6+4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Eoi (2d6+4) and gets 10. ( HAH! no. ) * Shigeru peers at the sword for a moment, then gets a thoughtful look on his face. He walks over to it and puts his hand out, the sword floating up and closer, but he doesn't grasp it. * Chie watches him carefully. [The sword acts all swordy. Meaning it doesn't do much.] * Chomei nods. "Telekinesis. Where are we going to dispose of it for the time being?" Uh, Dad? You're... not gonna touch it and go crazy, are you? 'Cause that'd be really bad and I don't think we need more bad stuff to happen any time soon or later or even now. * Eoi walks over to Shig. "Don't you go touchin' that Shiggy." Nothing should happen even if I did touch it. Why's that? * Shigeru looks over at Eoi. "Remember when you exorcized it?" Yepo. And Saki picked up the sword, right? * Chomei hmmms... "Hibernating entity?" * Eoi rubs his head. "Uh.. I.. think so." Ah. Yeah. That or it just has to work it's way back in or something. * Ren practices posing while this is going on. He looks cool when he does it. * Shigeru nods. "And she didn't go crazy. Then Mei took it and... well, she never was the same as before she touched it the first time, but... I don't think that was because the sword was controlling her." He pauses, then frowns. "Again. If it were, she never would have put it down." * Lazar examines the floor. [The floor is very well kept, considering it's 2000 years old] * Chomei glances back at Ren and chuckles. ...huh. So.. you think it's not the sword? And someone is tryin' to make us THINK it's the sword? * Lazar hmms appreciatively, before he remembers how crappy he feels. Maybe. Maybe there's a trigger condition. * Shigeru snaps his fingers. "Someone activates it, and whoever's got the sword is under their control." Nasty. Ya think someone controls ambition, then? Oh, man... that's even worse. Yer tellin' me. * Peter hmms. ...wow. That really sucks. So, if one of use grabs it, it'd probably take hold of us then. * Lazar decides that not trying to move would be a Really Good Idea, and starts muttering softly in Hebrew. Right. Which is why we should. Not. Touch. It. I donno. Want me to try to break it? Sounds like a plan. *NO*, Eoi-sensei. * Chie shakes her head quickly. "Please, don't." * Eoi shakes his head and grins. "Aww, you never let me have any fun." ( The sword can only be destroyed where it was created: Deep in the firey pits of St. Louis. ) You can't touch it, remember? Getting controlled by an evil sword is *not* fun, Eoi-sensei. * Chie shakes her head and attempts to stand up, then sits back down on the floor with a grunt. "Ugh." * Eoi holds up his Naginata. "Who needs to touch? Besides, Naginata would protect me from a stupid sword. Naginata equels better. *sagenod*" * Chomei shakes his head. "I still think I could break that thing with one shot." Relax Chie, I'm kidding around. I'm not smart, but I'm not that dumb either. ...so now what? * Chie half-smiles. "Yeah, I know. Just... don't wanna think about that sort of thing, is all." ( Pray for rain! Pray for rain! ) (Rain?) ( Sure ) * Eoi grins at Chie. "Come on. Me without a Naginata? How dangerous could it be." * Rei looks around. She's staying riiiight where she is. Very? [Meanwhile, the portal winks closed.] Hm. We obviously need to find a way to contain this weapon without letting it out of our sight. So we got a cursed sword now... ...oh. Well, we're not followin' 'em. ...'s good, I suppose. We're not really in any shape to go jumping through portals to who-knows- where. We could encase it in cement? Then throw it into that... Um, that big trench in the Atlantic ocean. Yeah. There big coffin in middle of room. * Shigeru thinks to Eoi, ~I'm all for going back to Hell and trying to toss it into that volcano again.~ Instead he says, "Eoi and I will take care of it." He looks around. "And call in for people to clean up the bodies." Rei looks a little green at that. * Chie tries to stand up again. "Ow. A little help here, somebody?" Right, right. * Eoi walks over and helps Chie up. * Maria gets up and helps Chie up. * Maria does so with help from Eoi. See? Another reason to have a Naginata. Something to lean on. * Maria encages in teamwork. Yosh! * Chie is helped up. "Thanks, Eoi-sensei, Maria. And, heh, yeah. That's true." * Ren has a spear. It's like a naginata. Eoi even said so once. ( It's like a Naginata only not! ) * Rei says weakly, "I thought you're supposed to lean on your friends and sometimes family members. Kinda like, in English, Y's sometimes a vowel." * Chomei walks over Dimitri on the way out. He looks kinda woozy, but is managing to walk in a straight line. Oh, trust me, the Naginata *is* Eoi-sensei's friend. [Session End]